Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all good Home Guarders a great deal of effort was made to arrive at the Five Bells , our unofficial H.Q. which was then being run by Mrs Friar , her husband Bill being away on service with the Navy , and a common joke of the day was " If the Jerries landed the Five Bells would be defended to the last half pint " . |
| 2 | If to this were added the effects of a special pension at 60 for those who were unemployed , a new invalidity pension , the raising of the school-leaving age to sixteen and a uniform forty-hour week , a total of 2,000,000 jobs would be redistributed to the unemployed . |
| 3 | It would , Burlatsky suggested , be based upon a wide variety of property forms , including state property which would be developed to the higher level of public ownership of the whole people . |
| 4 | I indicated that legal action was , in my view , inappropriate in respect of what was a rather feeble attempt at satire , and the importance of the programme would be enhanced to an absurd extent if anyone depicted in it took it seriously , but none of us liked being ridiculed . |
| 5 | The antiprotons would follow the same path through the magnets — but in the opposite direction to the protons — and would be accelerated to the same energies . |
| 6 | When I asked earlier what those penalties might be , I was fobbed off with the answer that the matter would be referred to the industrial tribunal , and that the worker involved might receive some form of compensation . |
| 7 | In the face of continuing Hungarian objections , Meciar was reported to have agreed to consultations involving the European Communities , but only on ecological aspects ; the findings would be referred to the International Court of Justice at The Hague . |
| 8 | Near the top of column three on page 79 the text read ‘ the net originating difference of £12,050 is taxed at 33% , and so £3,976 would be credited to the deferred tax account ( assuming a full tax charge ) ’ . |
| 9 | The strategy was originally conceived as far back as the late 1960's when it appeared to many of us that unless we obtained a greater command over our raw materials we would be exposed to a fatal squeeze from the oil companies , who were increasingly entering our own field of business . |
| 10 | But I do not accept the submission of Mr. Everall ’ — who appeared for the father — ‘ that she should go so far as to establish that by their return they would be exposed to a grave risk of harm to bring them within the ambit of article 13 ( b ) . |
| 11 | First , instead of a figure based on shares , the members ' liability would be limited to a fixed sum expressed in the memorandum of association on registration of the company . |
| 12 | The maximum net dividend would be limited to the lower of : |
| 13 | The effect of this endorsement is that in the event of a claim where the sum insured is inadequate , any payment would be limited to the same proportion which the sum insured bears to the value of the property at the time of the loss . |
| 14 | Its jurisdiction would be limited to the Yugoslav conflict and to war crimes committed after 1 January 1991 . |
| 15 | If the Minister were to detail the matters , he would strengthen his position in Europe by showing the massive discrimination and harm that would be done to the Scottish agricultural industry . |
| 16 | Paul Devereux has called these lines ‘ geomantic corridors ’ , where the same standards of straightness which would be applied to a traditional ley are inappropriate . |
| 17 | A credit for interest owed would not normally have been set up so the interest would be debited to the nominal account shown , which will then merely be transferred into the revenue account : |
| 18 | Cardinal Jozef Glemp , the primate of Poland , claimed that the 1987 agreement under which the nuns at the Carmelite convent would be re-located to an inter-faith centre nearby , had been negotiated by " incompetent " people and was a violation of the nuns ' rights . |
| 19 | Financial responsibility for giving support would be delegated to a local level in order to rekindle civic responsibility . |
| 20 | I do not suppose that in every case it would be worth the trouble that would be caused to the taxing authorities if they were to inquire into every deposit account and find if the interest had been increased , unless it had been increased by a large amount . |
| 21 | Later in the day the taxi driver would be readmitted to the nearby hospital , this time in a state of shock and suffering from suspected rabies . |
| 22 | On Dec. 26 , in an address to the nation , Ukrainian Premier Leonid Kuchma announced that direct payments would be made to the poorest members of society to protect them against the worst effects of the price rises . |
| 23 | The Colorado majority in the December elections was expected to guarantee that no changes would be made to the new law . |
| 24 | Mr McNally said a bail application would be made to the High Court on Friday . |
| 25 | Godfrey McIvor , Central Region 's education convener , expressed disappointment at the parent ballot , and said a strong case would be made to the Scottish Secretary to keep St Mary 's in local authority control . |
| 26 | Some British students might actually do the course , though they would be kept to a small minority . |
| 27 | If full employment were to be achieved the economy would suck in imports and exports would be diverted to the domestic market . |
| 28 | Elaborating later at a news conference , Mr Levy said Mr Shamir had assured him in writing that he would retain his positions as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister , and one of his followers would be named to the next Likud-led government . |
| 29 | In the future evolution of society under women 's guidance , sex would be raised to a higher plane , where physical passion would be transmuted by the power of human love . |
| 30 | It was decided that the decree would be presented to the Slovenian Assembly on June 19 . |